KSHEMA Postgraduate student Dr Rashmi Kamath secures two second prizes at ISACON Karnataka 2026

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Aug 12, 2026: The management of Nitte (Deemed to be University) and K S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA) has congratulated Dr Rashmi Kamath, a second-year postgraduate student in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, for securing two second prizes at the 40th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Karnataka (ISACON Karnataka 2026).

The conference was held from August 6 to 9 at St John’s Medical College, Bengaluru.

Dr Rashmi Kamath secured second prize in the ‘Trainee Talent’ competition, organised to identify the best potential future teacher among postgraduate students.

She also won second prize in BLDE’s Best Paper Presentation for her paper titled “Evaluation of MACOCHA Score to Predict Difficult Intubation in Critically Ill Patients in the ICU.”

The management of Nitte (Deemed to be University) and KSHEMA congratulated Dr Rashmi Kamath on her achievements and appreciated her academic excellence and contribution to the field of anaesthesiology and critical care.